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Monday, July 12, 2010

The Felted Pear Giveaway

My friend, Susan, author of Chasing Marcus and owner the lovely Etsy store, The Felted Pear, has made a veritable cornucopia of beautiful felt food to give away to one *very* lucky winner!

Just look at this feast! A true rainbow of colors.And yes, ALL of this will go to one of you! (note: dishes and bowl are NOT included)

Not only is Susan a felt food guru, she's also a Registered Dietitian. She designed these healthy foods with the four main food groups in mind and has provided enough of it to create several balanced meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. See the photos below for details of each food group...

Protein

~A chicken leg, a cute lil' fish, a slice of ham, and two eggs~

Fruits & Vegetables

~A banana {removable from the peel!}, the most beautiful starfruit, an eggplant, a carrot, and five sweet strawberries~

Dairy

~An adorable carton of milk, a wedge of white cheese, a slice of cheddar cheese, a bit of shredded mozzarella, and a stick of butter~

Amazing, right? Each of these items were handmade with care by Susan using child-safe, environmentally friendly materials.

And can I just say that I am beyond impressed with the handiwork and fine attention to detail on each piece of food - from the delicate french knots on the strawberries to the unbelievably uniform blanket stitching on the pancakes!

I'm totally blown away by Susan's generosity with this giveaway. This huge collection of food will completely stock the play kitchen of one very lucky child! In addition to all of the food shown in the above photos, Susan is throwing in some sauce for your pasta! Oh and she's sending it all to you in an adorable "recyclable" bag, the color of which is chosen by the winner. That's a total of 45 items (A $100 value!)- FOR FREE!

You'll find even more fabulous food options at Susan's store, The Felted Pear, where she's generously offering a 20% discount to Counting Coconuts readers - simply enter "coconuts" in the comment section when you check out. This offer is good until July 18th.

You'll have 8 chances to win this amazing bounty! None of the following are mandatory; they simply offer you the maximum amount of entries:

1) Visit The Felted Pear and let me know in the comment section your favorite item in the store and what food item you'd like to see added to the store.2) Become a fan of The Felted Pear on Facebook.3) Become a follower of Counting Coconuts.4-8) Come back to this post and leave ONE comment per day until the end of the giveaway, which is Friday, July 16th at midnight (AST).

This giveaway is open to anyone in the United States (incl. Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Island) and Canada.

Wow, that is *super* amazing! What a beautiful collection of foods. I loved the etsy shop too, the artichoke is a work of art. I guess if I were going to ask for another food, I would say maybe watermelon, or pizza. I know pizza's not the healthiest food ever, but it can be pretty healthy with the right toppings!

Oh my how lovely! My daughter would absolutely love all this beautiful food. I stopped by the felted pear and I don't know how one would pick a single favorite. I narrowed it down to the broccoli, omlett set and the fruit and veggie set. Just beautiful.

Susan certainly is very talented and so very generous. I am disappointed that I cannot enter (but completely understand that posting to Australia is very expensive). It just means I can immediately take advantage of the discount that Susan is offering seeing as though I won't win this particular give away :)

Savvy is right into playing restaurants at the moment so I think Susan's creations would be a perfect addition to our house.

Wow! Just Wow! What an amazing opportunity. I have to say the kiwi is my favorite item in the shop, it is so cute and looks just as yummy as real kiwi. Though the starfruit and mushrooms are cool too...

I'd love to see a light spring pasta medley, with asparagus and little bits of goat cheese. :)

oo I think my favorite is the kiwi! Bright and colorful and you can "cut it open" and see the inside of the kiwi!! Very cute! What do add.. I would have to say either tomatoes or cucumbers but mostly since they are my son's favorite :-)

Susan really is so talented and so generous! Who wouldn't love to have all of that marvelous food. I love her omlette that you can make yourself. One thing she could add would be a coconut of course : )

I love the sliceable Kiwi (and the detail work is amazing)! I'd probably like to see more sliceable stuff. Including this post, I've completed 1-4 steps of entering to win! Thanks so much! My daughter would absolutely LOVE this!

It is extremely hard to narrow down which food I like from the felted pear but if I had to choose one it would be the kiwi. I love the intricate detail and how real they look. If I had to add one item it would be definitely be leafs of lettuce so the kids could make a salad.

The food I'd want to add would be the ones we eat all the time - beans, or blueberries - but what a nightmare to handstitch and not lose! So I'll say plums, since I didn't see any and they're so beautiful.

I'm probably the one person on the planet NOT on Facebook, so I'll lose an entry there, but I did stop by Susan's store...

My first thought was WOW WOW WOW! Talk about talent! Each thing was more beautiful than the last. My favorite was the yellow squash. I'd love to see a salad with loose lettuce, tomato wedges, cucumbers, red onions and croutons. How that's for specific? :)

What a great bunch of mommies you are, and so talented! I wish I had your talent, my baby girl would love the adorable felt food pieces she makes..precious! Even my son would love these. I will have to buy some for sure!! I love your blog and I have bought tons of stuff to do the activities you show on your site. Thanks for all the great ideas!

I am amused that a couple other commenters had similar likes and desires, but my guy would love the omelette - we make them every weekend here. And I have to agree with the suggestion of adding sushi - it's my little one's latest treat!

okay I am making my list for the market and thought of more....a bunch of grapes, cherries, some snow peas to go with the pasta (would make a great stir fry), a round of cheese with a removable slice??? Is it possible to make some "woven" baskets out of brown felt for the strawberries and such...

oh I wish I had more time to be crafty! but with 5 kids and three of them under 4....no time now!

So I did food last time.. this time I think I will tell you random things from my day.. hopefully they will be entertaining and not boring! Today Sammy and I did our grocery store runs and he got a special treat (something I do every few times to give him an incentive to be good with out completely bribing him). He picked out a bright blue doughnut from the bakery at the grocery store. When we got home he said, " I eat my special do not (yes with a space) because I did not 'do not do that'!"

My sons would just love these, as they love to play cafe. We are teaching them French and Spanish in addition to English, so they could work at learning the names of the food items in all of these languages...Awesome giveaway!!!

Adorable. I didn't seen them on the website but in your photos I loved the bowtie pasta. And I know she's a dietitian, but I'd love to see a cupcake with pink frosting. All things in moderation, right?

I became a fan of "The Felted Pear" on facebook, am a follower of your blog and visted the Etsy store.

The felt food is gorgeous and I want to get some for my classroom as well as my own two little ones! My favorite is the pizza set, but I would love to have it all! I would love to see a Salad building set with "pieces" of lettuce and cut up veggies to make a salad creation!

Today has been a tough one for Sammy.. he fell at the post office this morning and got a big old scratch and bruise on his knee. Then at the park he got stung by some sort of bug (I didn't see it) and hes got a swollen hand :-P. We made things a little better with some ice cream at lunch.. and I'm sipping on an IBC root beer while he naps.

Darn! I was going to do so well with this giveaway and post a comment each day. :( I missed a couple, but here's my comment for Thursday...

I was thinking about it and thought it would be fun if Susan made a picnic basket, like a basket out of felt that held things like a watermelon slice, a chicken leg or sandwiches, chips and a soda can.

I am beginning to feel like a bad mother writing these each day.. because today's big thing was he got GIGANTIC blisters on the back of his heals from some new(ish) shoes my sister gave to us. I felt terrible and had to carry him around because I didn't want to put his shoes back on! He did have a great play date with his best friend that just got back from a 2 week vacation!

Goodness...I love everything at the shop....soooooooo cute! :) But one specifically I like is the Felt Food- Whole Wheat Fettuccine Pasta Set. I think it would be fun if there were felted tacos and felted icecream...and felted steak.... ;)